RVJF: Camilla George Quartet

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Ribble Valley Jazz Festival welcome one of Jazz Jamaica's leading lights Camilla George to The Grand on the Sunday afternoon of the May Day Bank Holiday weekend.

Improviser, composer and teacher Camilla George began playing aged 11 winning a music lesson and saxophone lessons. Camilla has studied with jazz greats such as sax giant, Jean Toussaint, Tony Kofi, Christian Brewer, Julian Siegal and Martin Speake.

In 2012 she graduated with a Masters in Jazz from Trinity College of Music. Since 2004 Camilla has been working with Tomorrow's Warriors and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, regularly leading workshops for younger members of the Warriors family.

In October 2009 she performed with Jazz Jamaica and Ernest Ranglin at London’s Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Then in 2014, Camilla again performed at Ronnie Scott’s with Jazz Jamaica for three consecutive nights. The performance received rave reviews and was a sell out performance. Later that year she also joined Courtney Pine's Venus Warriors, an all female super group. Camilla George is definitely one of jazz's Rising Stars!

Camilla's own quartet formed in 2014. Inspired by artists such as Kenny Kirkland, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, and Kenny Garrett, the groups has a definite modern edge, while paying homage to the jazz tradition, with a bit of calypso thrown into the mix. Debut EP Lunacity has been well received by fans and musicians alike.

The band has released its debut album, 'Isang' pronounced E-S- A-NG (NG as in song), which is a celebration of the jazz tradition, from its African roots through to its modern forms. Isang is an old Effik/Ibibio word which means journey and symbolises the musical journey that the CGQ have embarked upon. Effik is the language of coastal southeastern Nigerians and is of particular significance as it is where Camilla was born.

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